Verda Ben Baruch is the grandmother of Idan Alexander, who was kidnapped to Gaza on October 7, from the base where he served near the Gaza border. Idan moved with his parents to the United States at the age of two months.

"He fulfilled his dream," says Varda in an interview with "Shlev" at the Walla! studio. "We saw that he was taken alive and intact and he walked on his feet. That's how we want to see him back"